1
: a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock
herded the cattle into the corral
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of an encampment
corralled; corralling
1
: to enclose in a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 1)
corralled the horses
2
: to arrange (wagons) so as to form a corral (see corral entry 1 sense 2)
Synonyms of corral
Examples of corral in a Sentence
Noun
the horses live in our corral, along with a cow
Verb
corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO
corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
At Paulsen’s house, players walk past a minivan in the driveway, ring the doorbell and listen for a moment as Paulsen and Kelly corral the dogs and the kids.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
The kids were too young to corral the herd on their own.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
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Noun
While the actual gunfight took place in a vacant lot behind the corral, the property was expanded and now includes the original site.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
At Paulsen’s house, players walk past a minivan in the driveway, ring the doorbell and listen for a moment as Paulsen and Kelly corral the dogs and the kids.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
From corralling toddlers away from climbing the stairs 82 times, to convincing teens there is more to life than Snapping with their friends from their beds for 15 hours a day, there will be something here to help all parents through the break!
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Dec. 2025
The kids were too young to corral the herd on their own.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Corral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corral. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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corral
1 of 2 noun
cor·ral
kə-ˈral 
1
: a pen for keeping or capturing livestock
2
: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of a camp
corral
2 of 2 verb
corralled; corralling
1
: to keep in or as if in a corral
2
3
: to arrange wagons so as to form a corral
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